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That works in a hospital, does a very good job. you're cutting somebody's check off. whose check do you think we could cut off in the health care world that wouldn't hurt the patient? that's my question always. >> you could do it with efficiencies. if you look at the institutes of medicine, just said there's $750 billion a year we can save. the president's own council of economic advisers said it's $700 billion a year. you go to lewin institution, george bush's secretary of state o'neill, they're up to $1 trillion a year. when you talk budget numbers, you multiply by ten because that's the bud...

That works in a hospital does a very good job. you're cutting somebody's check off. whose check do you think we could cut off in the health care world that wouldn't hurt the patient? that's my question always. >> you could do it with efficiencies. if you look at the institutes of medicine, just said there's $750 billion a year we can save. the president's own council of economic advisers said it's $700 billion a year. you go to george bush's secretary of state o'neil, they're up to $1 trillion a year. when you talk budget numbers, you multiply by ten because that's the budget horizon we talk a...

Happy with the president of the united states today? >> well, because this bill is ruined by the government really makes it possible for there to be aggressive unionization of all forms of public transportation. and it's a significant victory for the unions but put it in context. the union's big deal this year was the card check legislation. that said if a majority check off and say they want a union election, right now, they have an election with the secret ballot and two out of three times, they lose it even though the people have called for it. now, under the card check, you wouldn't need t...

Chair and judiciary committee chair jack brooks. 1994, that's a good history lesson for all of us this morning. quite frankly this is usually the pattern that we see in the midterm elections, that the sitting president's party usually suffers during those times. is it a little bit different in the sense that we saw the turnover of bob bennett who say republican as well. is this anti-incumbent sort of feeling going on right now across our country different than the typical midterm election unrest? let us know what you think about that. >> i sense the democrats, though, are a little bit caught b...